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Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party, which won most seats at the last election, faces a crunch court ruling Wednesday on the legality of its campaign pledge to reform the kingdom's tough royal defamation laws.Now the Constitutional Court is scrutinising the party's campaign promise to reform Thailand's strict laws protecting King Maha Vajiralongkorn and his close family from insult.
The Thai pro-democracy party which won the most votes at last year's election could now be forced to dissolve after a court ruled its key policy illegal.
Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party, which won most seats at the last election, was Wednesday ordered to stop campaigning to reform the kingdom's tough royal defamation laws, as a top court ruled the policy was unlawful.
Thailand's progressive Move Forward Party, which won most seats at the last election, was Wednesday ordered to stop campaigning to reform the kingdom's tough royal defamation laws, as a top court ruled the policy was unlawful.The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that the party's campaign pledge to reform Thailand's strict laws protecting King Maha Vajiralongkorn amounted to an attempt to "overthrow the monarchy".
By Lobsang DS Subirana Bangkok, Jan 31 (EFE).- Thailand’s constitutional court on Wednesday banned the winning party of last year’s elections from discussing a draconian royal defamation law on grounds that it weakens the country’s monarchical institution. The court released a statement in which it forbids the Move Forward party and its leader Pita Limjaroenrat …